Quotes about Priorities

Do you think the businessman who found the pearl was sweating over its cost? An obviously ridiculous question! What about the one who found the treasure in the field—perhaps crude oil or gold? No. Of course not. The only thing these people were sweating about was whether they would "get the deal." Now that is the soul of the disciple.

My family values are really, really important.

Worship is our response to what we value most. As a result, worship fuels our actions, becoming the driving force of all we do.

We may say we value this thing or that thing more than any other, but the volume of our actions speaks louder than our words.

At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials.

He loved to handle cash, and he drove himself and all that belonged to him in the direction of money as if it were as far off as heaven and as if he were running out of time;

I'm always in bed by 11 or 12 and people laugh all the time - they want me to hang out until two in the morning, but n-n-no, I need my nine hours.

I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.

It is not enough to be busy... The question is: what are we busy about?

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him does it matter whom we displease?